Celebrity News January 20, 2025
John Stamos’ Wife Caitlin’s Deeply Personal Mission After L.A. Fires (Exclusive)

Like thousands of Los Angeles county residents, the wildfire has broken the hearts of John Stamos and his wife Caitlin McHugh Stamos.
“Extra’s” Billy Bush spoke with the couple, who were not physically together since Caitlin has been on the ground assisting with immediate relief efforts via the Civic Soul Organization, a nonprofit she founded that targets communities in crisis.
John shared, “I’m getting ready to watch our son while my wife is out there saving the world!”
The cause is very personal, since Caitlin grew up in Altadena, which was ravaged by the Eaton Fire.
John commented, "The moment that we evacuated, I said, ‘Caitlin, I think Altadena, the fire's kind of close. She was like, 'What?!' And then she just jumped, left us and went straight down to her hometown and walked into a church and said, ‘How can I help?,’ and yeah, we haven’t seen her since.”
From a distribution center, Caitlin explained, “I felt compelled to come back here and spend as much time as I can here.”
The fire's devastation has leveled large portions of Caitlin’s beloved hometown. Over 14,000 acres were scorched, over 9,000 structures are completely gone, and at least 17 residents dead.
She added, “Right now, we are in this emergency aid time, right? And then we'll go into a stage of people in longer-term temporary housing, and we'll be able to focus more on rebuilding and we can focus to make sure these now current land owners become home owners again.”
Caitlin emphasized, “I really want to stress that we want Altadena to stay the quaint and beautiful little diverse town that it is, because a lot of these people, if they were to sell their land now, will be [getting] pennies on the dollar. They won’t be able to afford to buy a house... probably in California with what they would be getting for that burned land. So, it’s gonna be a passion project for me and for a lot of people here to help these families get their homes back."
Civil Soul Organization is handing out supplies to families in crisis, and Caitlin pointed out that many of the items are smaller, since so many people are displaced. She said, “These kids supplies, for the most par,t are colored pencils and papers that they can bring back to a hotel or a shelter.”
This is a passion project for her with no clear end in sight.
John pointed out, “It’s gonna take a lot of patience and trust… People out there watching this, maybe it’s one percent that are affected by these fires, but we're all vulnerable in this world.”
Stamos stressed, "But keep celebrating the good, because there’s so much of it out there.”
Two weeks from today, John and Caitlin are celebrating their eighth wedding anniversary.
John gushed, “I’m so proud of her... the kind of person she is in front of our son. I hit the jackpot, and I don’t know what I did in a past life. I’m grateful, and I get it.”
Stamos also brought attention to McHugh’s recent trip to Tijuana to help kids in need. He added with pride, “That’s her.”